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Philip W Hall

PHILIP W HALL

  (1951 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Susan Schulman Literary Agency  

Philip Hall began his theatrical career as an actor, touring the country in a number of shows, including The Reluctant Debutante starring Joseph Cotten. He is the author and composer of musicals, 10- minute plays, full-length plays, and Musicals for Young Audiences. His works have been produced around the country from Washington's Kennedy Center to California Theatre Center, where his faithful adaptation of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW was launched worldwide. He has been a finalist for the Humana Festival's HEIDEMAN AWARD and the New Play Network's SMITH prize. His published works include the 10-minute comedies INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE EXTERIOR, CUSTOMER SERVICE, and NO SUGAR. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, AEA, and SAG-AFTRA. He lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with his wife, quilt artist Leslie A. Hall.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Arion         Beauty And the Beast         Children Of the Day         Customer Service         Evening Prayer         Inside the Department Of the Exterior         Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The         Life On the Mississippi         Lone Wolves         No Sugar         Private Proceeding         Seventy         Swamp Witch         Very First Family, The

Arion

Synopsis:
a therapist at the private Lambeau Institute discovers that a young asperger's patient has miraculous musical skills.

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Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Beauty And the Beast

Synopsis:
Musical adaptation of children's fairy tale

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1st Produced:
Fable Factory, Gainesville, Fl     1987

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1st Published:
Contemporary Drama Service, 1991   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Children Of the Day

Synopsis:
Original Musical - a day in the life of an elementary school student during the Beatles era.

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1st Produced:
University Of South Florida Department Of Theatre     1984

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University of South Florida Department of Theatre

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Customer Service

Synopsis:
George wants to change his cable television service. Unfortunately, in this Nichols-and-May-telephone-type sketch, he is connected to Customer Service agent Suzanne, who has other things in mind.

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This ten-minute comedy was Second runner-up, theater Oxford; Finalist 2010 Heideman Award; Finalist Valley Rep Contest Connecticut

1st Produced:
Stageworks, Tampa, Fl    

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Stageworks, Tampa, FL

1st Published:
Best 10-Minute Plays 2013 Plays For Two Actors. Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc.    -

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Genre:
10-minute Play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Evening Prayer

Synopsis:
Beth, drunk and broke, has just survived her father's memorial service. Now Granma's here to visit. Problem is, Granma's been dead for ten years.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Inside the Department Of the Exterior

Synopsis:
A man goes to the zoning office to apply for a mailbox.

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1st Produced:
Theatre Odyssey, Sarasota, Fl    

Organisations:
Theatre Odyssey, Sarasota, FL

1st Published:
Great Short Comedies VOL 4 - PLaYSCRIPTS, INC., 2009   -

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Genre:
10-minute Play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The

Synopsis:
Musical adaptation of Washington Irving's story

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1st Produced:
California Theatre Center     1994

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California Theatre Center

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  6-9            Female:  -            Other:  chorus

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Life On the Mississippi

Synopsis:
Young Sam Clemens and his brother Henry take their first jobs aboard a Riverboat. Clemens tells us - through Folk Music - how the river was a thing of wonder when he began. Now, he sees only pain in its waters.

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1st Produced:
WorkShop Theater
312 West 36th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10018     01 Nov 2013

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Genre:
Musical (Cabaret)

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Male:  7            Female:  -            Other:  chorus

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Lone Wolves

Synopsis:
John and his precocious daughter Barbra are preparing to host a dinner for Annie and her new boyfriend. Annie is John's wife - Barbra's mother.

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Finalist nuVoices, Actors Theatre of Charlotte, 2013

1st Produced:
Staged Reading At American Stage In St. Petersburg, Fl     01 Mar 2010

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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No Sugar

Synopsis:
a truck driver enters a Diner late at night only to be confronted on a philosophical level by a lovely young waitress.

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This ten-minute comedy was third place At Midway Festival of Plays, Ky; Produced by Point of Contention theatre Chicago in CHaOS 5; Finalist in Don't Blink At the Vortex, N.M.;

1st Produced:
The Collective NYC     01 Oct 2013

Organisations:
The Collective NYC

1st Published:
Collective 10, Play Anthology, Vol. 1, Oct 2013   -

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Genre:
10-minute Play

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Private Proceeding

Synopsis:
An older gay man, quite wealthy, is confronted in his expensive home by a young female detective. There are questions to be answered about his lover's recent death.

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Winner Mountain Playhouse Playwriting Prize 2010. Reading American Stage Theatre, 2011

1st Produced:
The Players, Sarasota Fl (Staged Reading)     2009

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Seventy

Synopsis:
Mid-level attorney Joseph Balton has been named Special Prosecutor by the Governor of Florida. His assignment: look into a trial that has yet to take place, a trial whose preliminary proceedings have been making their way through a maze of legal hearings and motions for ten long years. The trial involves an elderly woman who confessed to the arson murder of three children. Unfortunately, the woman is mentally handicapped, and her ability to stand trial has become the predominant issue.

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FINALIST, SMITH PRIZE, National New Play Network, 2011

1st Produced:
Reading Banyan Theatre, Sarasota Fl     01 Mar 2011

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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Swamp Witch

Synopsis:
Original Musical - annabelle, the Swamp Witch, must face the truth when a preacher and his wife show up to claim that her child as their long lost daughter

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1st Produced:
University Of South Florida Department Of Theatre     1986

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University of South Florida Department of Theatre

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Genre:
Musical

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Very First Family, The

Synopsis:
Musical adaptation of 3 of Kipling's JUST SO STORIeS

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1st Produced:
The Coterie, Kansas City, Mo     1994

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the Coterie, Kansas City, MO

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Genre:
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